After several attempts in February and March, the S&P 500 was finally able to breakout to new highs last week, pushing all three TSP stock funds into double digit gains for 2012. The question now is, will the rally continue, or will the very bullish looking chart of oil become a burden on stock prices?Read… Read more »
This week in computer security wasn’t as rough as in weeks past, with few major breaches or attacks of note. The real news this week comes in the form of leaked documents, exploits, and emails and an interesting operating system supposedly from the Anonymous collective. Anonymous OS: Anonymous supposedly released an eponymous operating system containingRead… Read more »
Kapow software provides application integration capabilities that provide rapid enhancements in IT support to organizational missions. Their Kapow Katalyst Application Integration Platform is designed to enable the fast delivery of capabilities, and it does so via an easy to understand and use interface. Kapow eliminates the need for APIs to access application data. This isRead… Read more »
FusionX is a firm made up of long term friends and trusted associates who I have served with for over a decade (including close friends Matt Devost and Tom Parker). I know them well and consider them to be among the most trusted actors in cyber security. Their methods and models help enterprises discover andRead… Read more »
Well, it’s that time of year again (fiscal year-end for most of our gov clients) during which I apologize for being absent and putting my blogging off to the side. I’ve actually probably written more than enough this month to fill the pages of a few lengthy Harlequin Novels (albeit admittedly with far less steamyRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Luke Harris reports. Police departments are more and more looking into encrypting their radio communications now that cheaper and user-friendly scanner equipment is readily available. From the view of police departments, this move increases officer and public safety because it shields their communications from criminals. From the perspective of news media and governmentRead… Read more »
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Canadian federal government’s open data portal. Over the past year government officials have been continuously adding to the portal, but as it isn’t particularly easy to browse data sets on the website, I’ve noticed a lot of people aren’t aware of what data is now available (selfRead… Read more »
In government, we are the masters of overcomplication. We setup committees, author manuals, and track changes until we’re blue in the face. We write information memoranda, action memoranda, and seek an endless list of clearances for the back pages of each. You would think our routinized collaboration would yield an organizational ethos of communication, mutualRead… Read more »
Deltek Analyst Lindsay Clifton reports. To celebrate National Purchasing Month as well as Sunshine Week, Deltek is looking at statewide term contracts and spending figures often available as states become more transparent in their financial reporting. Delaware is one of the first states to display contract spend volume in an easily-analyzed form. We examined twoRead… Read more »
Hacking the hacktivist: The inside scoop on how Anonymous works by GovLoop Insights 2011 may very well be the year of Anonymous — the hactivist group took down the Justice Department website, Stratfor, mastercard, defense contractor Vanguard and even the Vatican. Their reach is impressive…and even more so when you consider how Anonymous runs. TheRead… Read more »